Howie Carroll said he would try to do better. As Hillsborough County's affordable housing manager, he could have been more vigilant. ...more

February 6, 2008

Despite the downturn in the housing industry, Brooksville engineer Nick Nicholson is telling his developer friends that now is the time to stop sitting on their projects and start building. ...more

January 11, 2008

Despite housing downturn, engineer moves ahead with projects. ...more

January 10, 2008

Councilman John Dingfelder floated several ideas Tuesday designed to encourage developers to be more environmentally friendly. ...more

December 19, 2007

The deteriorating housing market forced the White House to lower its projection for economic growth next year and raise its forecast for unemployment. Inflation is expected to moderate. ...more

November 30, 2007

The economy picked up speed in the summer, growing at a brisk 3.9 percent pace, the fastest in 1 1/2 years and an impressive performance even as a credit crunch plunged the housing market deeper into turmoil. ...more

November 1, 2007

The fury over the massacre of dozens of seized dogs and cats in Puerto Rico has gone global. ...more

October 18, 2007

Animal control workers seized dozens of dogs and cats from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta and hurled them from a bridge to their deaths, authorities and witnesses said Friday. ...more

October 13, 2007

SEBRING — Two houses along W. L. Kirkland Street in Avon Park sit in an otherwise vacant, large field near Lake Anoka, on the site of an unfinished development. Nearby, resident Jim Windsor believes the problem lies right between the two, or rather, there isn't enough space between the houses. "You put too many homes so close like that you're going to create a ghetto," Windsor feared. "That's not going to make it good for anybody, the town or the neighbors." ...more

October 9, 2007

At 16, Kevin Lynch put his dreams on hold. The sixth of 10 children, Lynch put football aside his junior year of high school to help support his family. They live in the North Boulevard housing projects. ...more

September 28, 2007